SNCF staff member told him to switch his phone's loud speaker off, or risk being fined. When he argued, he was served with the €150 fine
I'm good with this. He wasn't told to end the call but to stop subjecting passengers to both sides of a loud phone call. Using his phone like a phone would mute one end of the call and likely quiet the other. It's bare minimum not-jerk behavior.
linotype 34 days ago [-]
Please bring this to America. Especially in airports and even on airplanes people think this behavior is acceptable, it is not.
m463 34 days ago [-]
I though of quiet restaurants. but airplanes? wow.
hulitu 34 days ago [-]
> I though of quiet restaurants. but airplanes? wow.
So i can bring my 100W portable sound system with me on the plane ? And listen to some Doom Metal or György Ligetti ? /s
snvzz 34 days ago [-]
Good to see France handling antisocial behavior in mass transport system.
I only realized how bad the EU situation was once I moved to Japan. The train experience here is wonderful. Particularly the silence.
Awesome. We need that law in Denmark. Uh, perhaps we already have, thank you, EU.
zeeed 34 days ago [-]
Even more than that, we need the people that hold people to the rule. While it’s nice to have a law, you need someone who cares enough to enforce it.
svilen_dobrev 34 days ago [-]
good. Reminds me of a sign put on every back-of-seat in train Narita-Tokyo ..
"please be considerate of other passengers while using your computer (keyboard noise, etc).."
i have a photo of it but no idea how to post it :/
latexr 34 days ago [-]
> i have a photo of it but no idea how to post it :/
Upload to https://imgur.com/ (no account necessary) and post the link here.
8n4vidtmkvmk 34 days ago [-]
Keyboard noise? That sounds a bit intense.
arp242 33 days ago [-]
I always bring my model M in the train.
justaj 34 days ago [-]
Playing the devil's advocate here, but what would be the difference between talking on a phone via loudspeaker vs. (loudly) talking with another person sitting next to you?
Two4 34 days ago [-]
Tinny cellphone speakers play noisy, low-fidelity speech audio captured with a mic that's likely clipping and compressing the caller's voice (audio-wise, not data-wise, although that too is happening and likely doesn't help). Actual people speaking is broad-band, has full fidelity and dynamics, and is directional and context sensitive
robjan 34 days ago [-]
Loudspeakers broadcast whereas a person physically next to you can adjust their loudness based on what's socially acceptable
justaj 34 days ago [-]
Wouldn't it be equivalent to adjust / turn down the speaker volume on the phone?
terminatornet 34 days ago [-]
in america you can eat a big smelly sandwich on public transit and if anyone complains you are allowed to shoot them :)
Two4 34 days ago [-]
Twice
beardyw 34 days ago [-]
Hooray!
theLegionWithin 34 days ago [-]
wish that was a thing here in my area.
johnea 34 days ago [-]
The french get yet another thing right.
For use as communication in public, is the only thing I like about SMS...
mickelsen 34 days ago [-]
Finally. There are many countries with laws in place for things like these, it's just that the enforcement is so lax given the tolerance.
genter 34 days ago [-]
Great.
Now please extend this to national parks.
jbs789 34 days ago [-]
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yumraj 34 days ago [-]
While I support this, it’s not clear from the article if the phone conversation was in French or another language, so no way to know whether, knowing how sensitive the French are about language, if it would have made any difference either way.
Agingcoder 34 days ago [-]
No - it’s socially strongly frowned upon to not mute your phone on a train, and it’s written everywhere that you should be quiet, so SNCF is just materializing this .
I remember years ago group of four loud American tourists ( who were just having a loud conversation, they weren’t throwing beer bottles around )- passengers, not staff, repeatedly told them to be quiet. I still remember the look of misunderstanding of how of the tourists, who clearly didn’t understand what he was doing wrong.
zarmin 34 days ago [-]
Right, like how in the US you can't shout "fire" in a crowded theater, but it's perfectly fine to shout "fuego".
So i can bring my 100W portable sound system with me on the plane ? And listen to some Doom Metal or György Ligetti ? /s
I only realized how bad the EU situation was once I moved to Japan. The train experience here is wonderful. Particularly the silence.
"please be considerate of other passengers while using your computer (keyboard noise, etc).."
i have a photo of it but no idea how to post it :/
Upload to https://imgur.com/ (no account necessary) and post the link here.
For use as communication in public, is the only thing I like about SMS...
Now please extend this to national parks.
I remember years ago group of four loud American tourists ( who were just having a loud conversation, they weren’t throwing beer bottles around )- passengers, not staff, repeatedly told them to be quiet. I still remember the look of misunderstanding of how of the tourists, who clearly didn’t understand what he was doing wrong.